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the fly state, it is readily devoured by the 

 trout, but I have found the grub, tube and 

 all, in his stomach, when closely pressed by 

 hunger, after a long drought. 



No. 2. This fly rises in March and April, 

 and throughout the summer, in deep waters, 

 and lochs where streams enter. It is of a 

 brown or greyish hue, and casts its coat 

 like a crab, after which its colour is lighter. 

 It is about half-an-inch long, and has erect 

 wings and prongs. It may be imitated by 

 a wing feather of fieldfare for its wings, and 

 a little mottled hair from a cat's back, mixed 

 with wool from the belly of a water rat, for 

 body and legs; and another with a landrail's 

 wing feather for wings, and fur from a 

 hare's ear, or one side of a small mottled 

 drake's feather of brownish colour, for body 

 and legs. 



No. 3. This is called the May fly by 

 fishers ; it is about three-quarters of an inch 

 long, with large erect wings, like a small 

 butterfly, and three prongs about the same 

 length as its body. It spawns in the same 

 way as the No. 1 fly of the quick-running 

 streams. tn its water form it is like a 



